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My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Four – Red Hot Chili Peppers

14th October 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

20th Century

Inquest on Aachen

13th October 2022 Going Postal 0

On 27 October, 1944 my uncle John Alldridge reported from Aaachen for the Manchester Evening News. Six days previously, Aachen had become the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies. – Jerry [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, The Trocadero

8th October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

On their Nostalgia Album 1952 road trip, my father and his parents have reached the top of the Eiffel Tower en route to Carlisle after visiting Aunty Lil in Gibraltar and taking in the healing [more…]

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Three – Lou Reed

7th October 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

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The Central Landing School, RAF Ringway, 1940 – 1942

6th October 2022 Going Postal 0

On June 5, 1947, the eve of the third anniversary of the 6th British Airborne Division’s landing in Normandy, my uncle John Alldridge of the Manchester Evening News reviewed the achievements of the establishment responsible [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Paris

1st October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

This week’s first picture is of the unmistakable Eiffel tower. In 1952, without a phone mast, the landmark was 984 ft high with a viewing area 906 ft from the ground. We shall assume my [more…]

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Two – The Darkness

30th September 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

20th Century

The British Army Against Illiteracy, 1948

29th September 2022 Going Postal 0

In August 1948 my uncle, John Alldridge, reported from Germany on the steps that the British Army was taking to combat high levels of illiteracy in the ranks – Jerry F The young soldier stood [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – September 1942

28th September 2022 well_chuffed 0

A funny old month September 1942 in the desert. A few attempts to break through on the sand but only half hearted. The navy was still in the thick of it and the air war [more…]

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